Proverbs 8:20 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:20

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

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ASV

I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

WEB

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

YLT

In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

DBT

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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31 verses on the floor

Psalms 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Psalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Joshua 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This is that fruit of wisdom which is better than gold, than fine gold, it leads us in the way of righteousness, shows us that way and goes before us in it, the way that God would have us walk in and which will certainly bring us to our desired end. It leads in the midst of the paths of judgment, and saves us from deviating on either hand.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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